.\"  Man page for cf2cf
.TH CF2CF "1" "November 2012" "Version 0.9.6" ""
.SH NAME
cf2cf \- CF\-netCDF to CF\-netCDF file converter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cf2cf [\-f format] [\-i] [\-o outfile] [\-u] [\-v] FILE [FILE ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Convert CF-netCDF files to a single CF-netCDF file.
.PP
Variables in the input netCDF files are aggregated into as few
multidimensional netCDF variables as possible using the aggregation
rules based on the CF data model. See
.I http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~david/cf_aggregation_rules.html
.PP
The conversion is carried out internally using the python cf package,
which must be installed. See
.I http://code.google.com/p/cf\-python
.PP
See
.I http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~david/cf2cf.html
for more details and examples.
.TP
.B \-f format \-\-format=format
Set the netCDF format of the output file. Valid choices
are 'NETCDF4', 'NETCDF4_CLASSIC', 'NETCDF3_64BIT',
and 'NETCDF3_CLASSIC'. If unset then assume 'NETCDF3_CLASSIC'.
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-ignore_ioerror
Ignore unreadable input files, such as empty files or broken symbolic
links.
.TP
.B \-o outfile, \-\-output=outfile
Set the output CF-netCDF file name.
.TP
.B \-u, \-\-strict_units
Do not assume that numeric variables with the same standard name but
missing units attributes have the same units for their data and
therefore such variables will not be aggregated. If unset, then assume
that numeric variables with the same standard name but missing units
attributes have the same (nondimensionsal) units for their data, as
per the CF conventions, and therefore may be aggregated (if they pass
all of the other tests).
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Verbose. Display a summary of the newly created netCDF file.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David Hassell.
.SH LICENSE
Open Source Initiative MIT License. See
.I http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
.SH BUGS
The author would welcome reports of bugs at
.I http://code.google.com/p/cf\-python/issues/list
